Meanings of involuntary action in inglês

But now he knew the reason for that half- involuntary action.

Photographers sometimes have to contend with this form of involuntary action on the part of their sitters.

Gifford stopped abruptly, and with an involuntary action his companion clutched his arm as both looked up expectantly.

Regurgitation is an involuntary action.

An almost involuntary action.

The crowd parted before them, and Benedetto, stepping aside sought refuge behind Don Clemente; an involuntary action, which however, seemed premeditated.

And as for him, he stood absolutely dazed for a moment, not daring to think what that involuntary action might mean.

People do not think about it when they are eating, because it is an involuntary action, and their attention is otherwise engaged.

Every voluntary or involuntary action of the body, sense or mind must correspond to the dormant impressions stored up in the subtle body.

It was an involuntary action, repented of as soon as made, for she withdrew the hands immediately, but the spontaneous movement spoke volumes.

With an involuntary action he pressed his hat down firmly on his head, then moved forward, swiftly and silently, to another tree beyond.

A marked feature of this type of involuntary action is the contraction of antagonist groups of muscles, productive of muscular stiffness of the members.

The question, Why we do not morally approve involuntary actions, is now answered.

What her lips, therefore, concealed, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions, betrayed.

Involuntary actions then are thought to be of two kinds, being done either on compulsion, or by reason of ignorance.

-Physiologistsand metaphysicians have had their attention turned a good deal of late to the automatic and involuntary actions of the mind.